:Around 600,000 years ago, humanity split in two. One group stayed in Africa, evolving into us. The other struck out overland, into Asia, then Europe, becoming Homo neanderthalensis – the Neanderthals. They weren't our ancestors, but a sister species, evolving in parallel."
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Neanderthals And Humans Were at War For Over 100,000 Years, Evidence Shows
Around 600,000 years ago, humanity split in two.
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